Health practice and management

Health-care providers and health-care services play an important part in the return to work (RTW) of injured workers and in disability management processes at workers’ compensation boards in Canada. IWH research supports front-line health-care practitioners—including primary care physicians and allied health-care professionals, who support or treat workers with injuries and illnesses that affect their ability to work.

Featured

A group of firefighters aim a firehose at a building
At Work article

Employers face challenges in supporting public safety personnel with post-traumatic stress injuries

In Ontario, a pilot program has been developed to help treat public safety workers with post-traumatic stress injuries. To identify any needed changes to the program, IWH researchers asked employers about their experiences helping these workers return to work after a mental health injury.
Published: January 15, 2025
A group of physician's sitting in a room, prepared to take notes.
Research Highlights

Primary care physicians’ learning needs in returning ill or injured workers to work

While primary care physicians play an important role in helping ill and injured workers return to work (RTW), they have a variety of learning needs about how to best navigate the RTW process. These needs fall in the areas of completing administrative tasks, challenging personal beliefs, understandin
Published: July 26, 2023
A group of firefighters aim a firehose at a building
At Work article

Employers face challenges in supporting public safety personnel with post-traumatic stress injuries

Workers in public safety jobs, like firefighters or police, are often exposed to potentially traumatic events and may experience mental health injuries as a result. In Ontario, a pilot program has been developed to help treat these workers. To identify any needed changes to the program, IWH researchers asked employers about their experiences helping these workers return to work after a mental health injury.
Published: January 2025
Journal article
Journal article
Journal article

ECHO OEM virtual community of learning for primary care

Published: Occupational Medicine, September 2024
Journal article
Journal article
Journal article

Defining domains: developing consensus-based definitions for foundational domains in OMERACT core outcome sets

Published: Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism, June 2024
Journal article
Journal article

Increasing uptake through collaboration in the development of core outcome sets: lessons learned at OMERACT 2023

Published: Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism, March 2024